• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Submit News
  • Contact Us

Capital Soup

Florida News Straight From the Source

  • Soup Du Jour
  • People
  • Government
  • Campaign
  • Business
  • Education
  • Insights
  • Video
You are here: Home / Government / Nelson urges GOP leaders to take up Senate water bill

Nelson urges GOP leaders to take up Senate water bill

Posted on September 18, 2018

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) took to the Senate floor today to urge Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to immediately schedule a vote on the Water Resources Development Act. The legislation includes a provision that would authorize the Army Corps of Engineers to begin work on the Everglades Agricultural Area Reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee.

Once complete, the massive reservoir project, which was included in this year’s water bill at the urging of Nelson and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), will help prevent future algae blooms in South Florida’s waterways by allowing the Corps to store more water south of the lake, instead of sending it east and west in the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie rivers.

“We should take it up and pass this bill immediately so that it can go to the White House for signature into law and so we can get to work on the reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee,” Nelson said. “The reservoir is particularly important and it’s timely right now because of this algae crisis in Florida, but it’s also a critical piece of a broader Everglades restoration effort. We need additional storage so that we can move water gradually from Lake Okeechobee, clean it up, and send it south to the areas of the Everglades that are starved for freshwater.”

Share this article! Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Filed Under: Government, Video Tagged With: Sen. Bill Nelson, Water Resources Development Act

Primary Sidebar

    Submit News    

Senate Unanimously Passes Balanced Budget, Ensures Significant Reserves as Economy Recovers

Key investments in child welfare, minimum wage - New infrastructure plan mitigates impacts of sea level rise, … [Read More...] about Senate Unanimously Passes Balanced Budget, Ensures Significant Reserves as Economy Recovers

Senate Passes Comprehensive Plan to Invest in Florida’s Infrastructure

The Florida Senate today passed Senate Bill 2512, Documentary Stamp Tax Distributions, and Senate Bill 2514, … [Read More...] about Senate Passes Comprehensive Plan to Invest in Florida’s Infrastructure

27 arrested in Operation No Warning

Suspects were a major supplier of cocaine in Leon and Gadsden counties Florida Department of Law Enforcement … [Read More...] about 27 arrested in Operation No Warning

Keep in Touch

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Newsletter signup

Stay in the loop! Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to receive a brief recap of the week's most popular stories.

Footer

News

  • Soup Du Jour
  • People
  • Government
  • Campaign
  • Business
  • Education
  • Insights
  • Video

About Us 

  • About
  • Advertise
  • Submit News
  • Contact Us

Keep in Touch

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Copyright © 2021
Terms & Conditions

© Copyright 2021 Capital Soup · All Rights Reserved ·